Walk · Northumberland

Berwick Pier and the red lighthouse

Berwick upon Tweed · TD15 1HB

1.8MILES

55mON FOOT

10mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

Off-road 65% 35% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 45%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 35%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Quay Walls at the foot of the Old Bridge, Berwick TD15 1HB

Parking

Free on-street bays along Quay Walls and Pier Road; the Pier Road end has room for about a dozen cars and fills on any dry evening

Directions to the start →

An easy mile and three quarters there and back along Quay Walls, past Ness Gate and out onto the half-mile stone pier to the squat red lighthouse at its end, with the whole of Spittal and the Tweed mouth on one side and open North Sea on the other. It is flat concrete and stone the whole way with no stiles and no gates. The council's dog control PSPO carries no exclusion or lead order here. What matters instead is the sea: the pier has no railing on the seaward side for much of its length, waves break clean over the parapet in any easterly, and it is closed off by the harbour authority in rough weather. Keep a dog close and turn round if spray is landing on the deck.

THE SMALL PRINTNo council dog restriction, but the pier is unrailed on the seaward side and is shut in rough weather; a lead is the only safe option once past the pier root.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · NORTHUMBERLAND

GRID · 55.7688, -2.0022

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.NORTHUMBERLAND.GOV.UK/PUBLIC-PROTECTION/ANIMAL-WELFARE-AND-DOG-CONTROL

Berwick Pier and the red lighthouse

House rules, decoded

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